Masters

2006 Tasmanian Masters Volleyball Championships

The second annual Tassie Masters event was completed in 2006! [link: Masters homepage]

Divisions were offered in 30+ Men's, 40+ Men's and 30+ Women's. Files to download: COMPETITION RULES / DRAW

Competition date was Saturday 9th September - possibly the coldest Spring day we could have hoped for - but that didn't deter the volleyball faithful from attending Kingborough Sports Centre to support their teams!!!

All matches were played in marvellous "Masters" spirit and, despite a lack of appropriate sledging during some matches, the spectacle provided was one of high level skill and enjoyment. There were even two back-to-back victories, which will put further pressure on the teams to perform well again in 2007 and possibly to their rival teams to enter and throw down the gauntlet once more.

Results:

Men: Assassins def The Adams Family (2-1) 25-19 8-25 25-23

Women: Geckos def Zuno (2-0) 25-17 25-23

Men: Boss def Assassins (2-0) 26-24 25-14

Men: Hobart Tigers def The Adams Family (2-1) 25-21 25-20 15-25

Women: Geckos def Zuno (2-1) 14-25 25-21 15-13

Men: Boss def The Adams Family (2-0) 25-17 25-19

Men: Hobart Tigers def Assassins (2-0) 25-20 28-26

Men: Hobart Tigers def Boss (2-1) 12-25 25-21 15-12

	Men's Ladder	Pts	Win	Loss	Sets For	Sets Against	Set %	Points For	Points Against	Pts %
1	Hobart Tigers (30+)	12	3	0	6	2	300.00%	170	170	100.00%
2	Boss (40+)	10	2	1	5	2	250.00%	159	126	126.19%
3	Assassins (40+)	8	1	2	2	5	40.00%	142	171	83.04%
4	The Adams Family (30+)	6	0	3	2	6	33.33%	169	173	97.69%

The women's award was presented to Geckos after winning two consecutive matches, with no need for a decider. It should be noted that the core of this team also represented Hobart in 2005 - so congratulations, girls, on a fantastic back-to-back!

Men 40+ Final: Boss def Assassins (2-0) 31-29 25-12

Obviously the epic first set took more out of the locals than their experienced opponents (with over 250 years of volleyball between them). Honourable mention goes to David Hunt, with the first ace of the match at 8:5 first set. Choker Awards for serving go to Tony, Steve F, Graeme and Rod. Pickup of the day (and the tournament), with set point against, by Tim Medwin off his foot to keep the rally alive, enabling Boss to win the point, the first set and, eventually, the match. Again, well done guys on the back-to-back wins.

Men 30+ Final: Hobart Tigers def The Adams Family (2-1) 18-25 25-21 15-5

They say "good guys come from behind", but this is the second time during the day that the Tigers crawled, scratched and clawed their way out of trouble - denying The Adams Family the fairytale tournament success with a solitary match win. Well-led by their captain, the Tigers cut down on errors to post a memorable victory. Congratulations one and all.

Gallery:

A wonderful, fresh Spring morning in Kingston

Ian nails one down the line

Rocco in control [1] [2]

Carla - a picture of concentration

Lou puts over a float serve

Some Geckos waiting to receive

A rare spike from Dana

All good coaches should be well fed

Score bench extraordinaires

Zuno wait to receive serve

A high pass from Liz